Man severs three fingers

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Aug 28, 2007 at 12:01 AM

AMBRIDGE - A Baden man severed three fingers Monday morning while working on a machine at Waste Management Inc. in Ambridge.Ambridge police said Keith Hawk, 35, of Baden was flown to UPMC Presbyterian. Attempts to contact the hospital's administrator on duty for his condition were unsuccessful. Police said Hawk was working at Waste Management on 2197 Duss Ave. operating a pneumatic press for the garbage-collection company when he somehow severed his ring finger, pointer and middle finger. At 10:12 a.m., when police got the call, Patrolman James Mann was less than 100 yards from the A-Plus convenience store in Ambridge. Mann said police were able to get some ice in a cup before heading to the incident, and workers retrieved the fingers and put them on ice to preserve them.Hawk was conscious and alert, when officers arrived but he was "in a lot of pain," Mann said. A landing zone for a medical helicopter was set up at Walter Panek Park. Officials with Waste Management did not return calls to The Times.

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